Steven R. Keller and Associates, Inc. is the leading security consulting firm in the U.S. devoted exclusively to projects involving museums, libraries, cultural and historic properties and select universities. Clients include the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, Harvard University, the Statue of Liberty, and 200 other institutions and major private art collections. Horizon Institute, Inc. specializes in the development of training programs, management and supervisory training seminars, and the production of training materials for various professions, mainly, security, gender therapy, writers and others. Their training programs train more museum security officers worldwide than all other pre-packaged training programs combined. Their materials are in use in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
adresses: Steven R. Keller and Associates, Inc.
Museum Security Consultants
22 Foxfords Chase
Ormond Beach, Florida 32174
(386) 673-9973
(386) 673-9974 FAX
Horizon Institute, Inc.
22 Foxfords Chase
Ormond Beach, Florida 32174
(386) 672-1118
(386) 673-9974 (FAX)
The ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums advises "careful attention should be given to the development of policies to protect the collections against natural and man-made disasters."
We offer internationally certified professional and experienced expertise in disaster recovery and continuity planning for cultural institutions. Our professionals will ensure appropriate policies and procedures are in place to protect your museum's collections in accordance with the ICOM code of ethics. RecoveryAdvice@att.net
LCI offers three distinct services to international clientele. Our CONSULTING SERVICES include detailed risk analysis surveys, system design, investigations, staffing studies, policy evaluation, and system audit. Our EMPLOYEE HOTLINE offers anonymous witness services for business and industry throughout the U.S. and New Zealand. RISK MANAGEMENT packages include complete program development, long range security planning, staff training, project and security staff management.
Associates of LCI are Certified Protection Professionals through the American Society for Industrial Security. Some are Certified Fraud Examiners, Certified Document Examiners, Professional Engineers, and Certified Protection Supervisors. Technical expertise is enhanced by attendance at professional workshops and seminars, and active participation in professional associations. We regularly serve as expert witnesses for cases involving "standard of care" in security. We are often selected to present special seminars and workshops for security and law enforcement groups as well as business and industry trade associations. Our articles and research papers appear in many national publications and association journals. Our textbook publications, Business Security Guidelines, and The Official Library Security Manual are widely distributed throughout the country.
LCI associates are carefully selected for their ability to provide the high quality of service on which our reputation is based. With a vast network of experienced professionals, we strive to provide our clientele with the finest service available, in an efficient, cost-effective manner. LCI clientele join our growing family of owners, managers, and business groups who appreciate our worldwide availability, and instant service response. We're never unavailable, with a modern 24 hour communications service, cellular and FAX services, and on-call associates ready to assist.
549 West Randolph Street
Suite 425
Chicago, IL 60661
Phone: (312) 258-0646
Fax: (312) 258-0815
E-Mail: spiel@arttheft.com
Global Stolen Art Investigations and Security Services
The International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) is a non-profit professional association of independent, non-product affiliated professional security consultants. The IAPSC was founded in 1984 as a professional society to recognize, as members, individual professional security consultants who meet Association standards, and to serve consumers of security consulting services. Members devote a substantial majority of their working time to the public practice of security consulting, and have been found to meet Association standards of character and competence. Associate members are qualified professional security consultants who earn less than a majority of their earned income from public practice in security consulting. Members and Associate Members pledge to follow a strict Code of Ethics. To find out more about the IAPSC, please feel welcome to browse our site. If we can be of any help, please do not hesitate to contact us.
IAPSC
1444 I Street, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005-2210
Phone 202-712-9043
Fax 202-216-9646
PO Box 9702
Scottsdale, AZ 85252-9702
William Plante, CPP, ASP
Principal Partner
Jean Ann Groves
Business Managing Partner
(602) 949-1986
(602) 949-0380 fax
General practice security consultant for, recently established Corinthian in the Phoenix AZ area. Former Chief of Operations for the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
Contents of the SOL webpage:
- New ProductsoCompany A-Z Listing
- CCTV Listing
- Full Product GuideoCompanies seeking Agent / Distributor
- Associations
- Exhibitions and Events
- E-NEWS FEEDBACK
- Recruitment
- SOL - Information
In this truly global market place, you will find anyone who's anyone at SOL, from the major international security manufacturers to the small, dynamic new companies with exciting new innovations.
dedicated to providing the finest quality, high value security products and services to its customers. Our personnel come with many years of security industry experience. Over the years we have developed ongoing relationships with many of the financial institutions of the Delaware Valley: Wilmington Trust Company, Mellon Bank, Commerce Bank, Royal Bank, Beneficial Savings Bank and Blue Ball National Bank, to name just a few. We provide service to local, state and federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, the United States Postal Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. We also provide security service to numerous commercial entities throughout the Philadelphia region. GAI serves almost every aspect of the security industry. We provide state-of-the-art video and film developing and enhancement services for all types of time-lapse and real-time VCRs - both VHS and S-VHS. We install several types of alarm and CCTV systems and provide service on many other types. GAI also provides metal detection and access control system solutions to fit a variety of financial and commercial applications. Additionally, GAI is a GSA-authorized security systems reseller. GAI is a full service security organization. Emergency service is available 24 hours - 7 days a week. GAI's professional staff is ready to meet all of your security needs.
Gilbertson Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 2078
West Chester, PA 19380
610-325-9600
Fax: 610-356-5002
(As a consultant I have been helping owners, tradespeople, contractors and architects understand and maintain their historic buildings for 13 years. I have been restoring historic buildings in New England for 25 years and still spend a good part of my time "with hammer in hand". I have written on restoration and preservation topics for Fine Homebuilding, The Journal of Light Construction, The Old-House Journal and other national publications. I'm now a Contributing Editor with The Old-House Journal and recently was revisions editor for MacMillan on the noted Audel Carpenter's and Builder's Library. )
John Leeke, Preservation Consultant
26 Higgins St., Portland, ME 04103, USA
207 773-2306
A series of massive weather fronts blasted across North America in late January 1997 resulting in significant loss of life and property due to snow blizards, heavy rains and flooding. Record low temperatures and high snow falls were recorded. Floods continue to threaten as the early spring snow melts creat ice jams along waterways throughout the north. Many historic sites were flooded in the northwest (Oregon and Washington State), as well as along the eastern seaboard (Maryland and Washington, DC). This site has been hastily erected to provide pointers to information on recovering from flood and storm damage to older and historic buildings.
The following listings were developed during my research for the Wind & Water Project. This project studied flood and storm damage to historic buildings in Alabama and Georgia caused by Tropical Storm Alberto, July 1994. The studies and workshops were done during 1995. Three booklets, Prevention, Response and Recovery are now being reviewed and revised, their publication will be announced here at Historic HomeWorks.
SIMON, security information management online network
mission statement:
1.SIMON will provide the highest quality communications and information resources for security professionals and related industries.
2.SIMON will maintain a firm focus on the needs of the security industry and be responsive to the suggestions and business needs of its subscriber base.
3.SIMON will maintain a user interface that is easy to use, with a priority on functionality
4.SIMON will at all times be a system for professionals, managed by noted professionals in their respective industry.
Simon Forums: Security, Locksmiths, CCTV, Alarms, Consulting, Fire Alarms, Security Sales Magazine Electronic Security Systems
A European (mainly The Netherlands and Eastern Europe) consultancy firm specialized in security consultancy for museums.
549 West Randolph Street, Suite 425
Chicago, Illinois 60661
[hone: 312 258 0646; Fax: 312 258 0815
Editor of ART INTELLIGENCE, a quaterly newsletter. Robert Spiel, for 20 years FBI special agent specialized in the recovery of stolen fine art and rare collectibles. Established his own firm in 1988. Certified Protection Professional.
Security Marketplace: Industry-Specific Products. Every industry has unique challenges. The publications in this section address a variety of industry-specific security issues including hospital, retail, maritime, museum, utilities, and campus security.
Suggested Guidelines in Museum Security.
ASIS Standing Committee on Museum Security
Protecting museum collections is serious business. Use this piece to develop new security programs or review existing ones. You'll get concise guidelines on protecting the collectibles, alarms and electronics, internal security, qualifications checklists, staffing and much more. Visit the website for ordering information.
A Global Network for the Professional Security Industry, and the Public they serve..The purpose of ClearStar Security Network is twofold...
1. To Serve the Public (whose physical security needs are entrusted to the Professional Security Industry):
- Listing of Security Professionals by Telephone Area Code
- Provide basic information on ...Locksmithing and Security services with definition of terms.
- Provide a security checklist for facilitating a consultation with your local Security Professional.
- Provide a means for feedback to the Professional Security Industry.
......(locksmiths, alarm installers, safe technicians, suppliers, manufacturers, associations, etc):
- Foster the integrity and development of the Professional Security Industry.
- Foster community in the industry by establishing a globally accessible network.
- Provide an online index of resources and references available to the industry.
- Provide a means for feedback and communication between all segments of the industry.
THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF CRIME PREVENTION PRACTITIONERS, INC.
ISCPP grew out of the need to establish a network of crime prevention practitioners. In 1977, National Crime Prevention Institute (NCPI) graduates began NCPI Associates. This alumni association became the foundation for ISCPP. The Society's international membership includes practitioners from civic organizations, law enforcement, private security, business, government, education, mass media, and other groups and agencies. ISCPP's mission is to establish and support a permanent network of crime prevention practitioners who can provide leadership, foster cooperation, encourage information exchange, and extend and improve crime prevention education and programs internationally.
Security Resource Net is an online information service from the National Security Institute. It's designed to provide a diverse range of security information consolidated under an umbrella Internet site. This web site is devoted exclusively to the needs of individuals with an interest in security -- providing continuously updated news, computer alerts, travel advisories, personal security tips, information on new products and technologies, and access to an extensive virtual security library. In an effort to put the most comprehensive security resources at your fingertips, NSI is continually improving and updating this web site.
Security Management Online, the online service of Security Management, the monthly magazine of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS). On this Web site, features from the magazine are brought, such as editorial columns and articles, as well as information only available online.
The International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) is a non-profit professional association of independent, non-product affiliated professional security consultants. The IAPSC was founded in 1984 as a professional society to recognize, as members, individual professional security consultants who meet Association standards, and to serve consumers of security consulting services.
Members devote a substantial majority of their working time to the public practice of security consulting, and have been found to meet Association standards of character and competence. Associate members are qualified professional security consultants who earn less than a majority of their earned income from public practice in security consulting. Members and Associate Members pledge to follow a strict Code of Ethics.
Offers a database program on items of monetary or historical significance. An on-line demonstration of this program is available.
Security & Loss Prevention Management Crime Prevention Advisor. "Crime Prevention is the anticipation, the recognition, and the appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of action to remove or reduce that risk." - National Crime Prevention Institute
Some helpful sites that offer information about protecting the WWW presence of museums (how to protect yourself against illegal intrusion into your computer systems by hackers).
BrainTree Technology, Inc.
NCSA - National Computer Security Association
The NCSA Guide to PC and LAN Security
NCSA Certified Web Sites
NCSA Web Site Certification Technical Documentation and Field Guide
NCSA Web Site Certification Technical Documentation and Field Guide
Information Systems Security Board [ISSB]
Firewall Product Summaries Index
In this respect the development of the following site may be very important:
MUSWEB is an international association of people who are actively involved in the provision of World Wide Web services at museums. The group originally established its identity through an e-mail distribution list, MUSWEB-L, and is now designing a shared Web site. Although the public announcement of this site will not be made until it has developed well past its current state, no effort has been made to conceal it. If you stumble across this page and are curious about the site's development, you are welcome to pay a return visit whenever you like.
Private Investigator's Book Store, National Association Of Investigative Specialists, Free Searches On The Internet, 100 Newsletter Articles, Investigative Equipment, Investigative Training, Web Page Design, Locate A Private Investigator.
The second Archive publication project has produced a series of large microform collections of documents on U.S. foreign policy as well as a CD-ROM index to the entire series co-published by the scholarly micropublisher Chadwyck-Healey, Inc. These collections include an average of 16,000 pages of documents released through the FOIA and other governmental processes, accompanied by finding aids which average over 1,700 pages for each collection--indices, catalogs, chronologies, glossaries, bibliographies and introductory essays. More than 350 copies of these microfiche collections have been purchased by universities and research libraries and in ten foreign countries. Microform Review stated, "The NSA series is unusual in public document publishing... it makes documents available from the twilight zone between currently released government information, and normal declassification after the elapse of the statutory period." Government Publications Review wrote that "NSA collections are almost universally praised for adding a new and invaluable research tool to national security studies." Other reviews in the library press have noted the collections' comprehensive coverage, user-friendly guides, state-of-the-art indexing and quality archival microfiche.
